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On January 5, a group of masked men and women entered the campus, assaulted students and teachers with sticks and hammers, destroyed property, including vehicles, and fled.

The VC said the administration has enhanced security in the campus to make sure that innocent students are not hurt.

Murli Manohar Joshi Joshi said there were reports that the HRD Ministry had twice advised the JNU VC to implement a 'certain reasonable and working formula for resolving the issue of enhanced fees in JNU.'

Amid outrage by students over a proposed fee hike, the HRD Ministry had intervened last month and formed a three-member committee to resolve the stand-off between the university and its administration.

Jagadesh Kumar, who has been under fire from students and faculty members for allegedly not doing enough when they were brutally attacked by a masked mob on the campus, urged the students on Tuesday to put the past behind and return to the varsity's premises.

Jagadesh Kumar confirmed the registration process from the next semester had begun on campus. "Students can register for the winter semester now. Let us make a new beginning and put the past behind," he said.

The university administration also alleged that JNUSU president and the group 'illegally trespassed the university property with the criminal intention to damage the public property...'

At least 34 people, including Ghosh, were injured and admitted to All India Isntitute of Medical Sciences following a burtal assault by a group armed with sticks, stones and hammers.

As horrific first-person accounts emerged of the attack on Sunday evening, including on JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh, Delhi Police said that they have transferred the case to the Crime Branch, which claimed to have found 'vital clues.